Consultant Episode Costs

HC Deb 25 February 1998 vol 307 c264W

Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the annual average cost for completed NHS consultant episodes since 1987–88 in real terms. [31226]

Mr. Milburn

The average costs per finished consultant episode for acute care, for each year since 1987–88, are listed in the table. Costs prior to 1990–91 are not comparable to later years owing to a discontinuity in accounting practice.

Average cost per acute finished consultant episode (FCE) in real terms (at 1995–96 prices)
Year	Cost per acute FCE (£)
1987–88	1,091
1988–89	1,134
1989–90	1,111
1990–91	1,093
1991–92	1,087
1992–93	1,087
1993–94	1,033
1994–95	1,022
1995–96	995